Echoes of a Summer

{{Short description|1976 film by Don Taylor}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Echoes of a Summer

| image = Film Poster for Echoes of a Summer.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Don Taylor

| writer = Robert L. Joseph

| starring = Jodie Foster
Richard Harris
Lois Nettleton
Brad Savage
Geraldine Fitzgerald

| music = Terry James

| cinematography = John Coquillon

| editing =

| studio = Astral Films

| distributor = United Artists
(theatrical release)
MGM
(current owner)

| released = {{Film date|1976|04}}

| runtime = 99 minutes

| country = United States
Canada

| language = English

| budget = CAD 900,000

| gross =

}}

Echoes of a Summer is a 1976 Canadian-American family drama film directed by Don Taylor, based on the play Isle of Children by Robert L. Joseph, who also adapted the screenplay. It stars Jodie Foster, Richard Harris, Lois Nettleton, Brad Savage, and Geraldine Fitzgerald. The film follows; Deirdre Striden (Foster), a perceptive 11-year-old girl with an incurable heart ailment. Her mother, Ruth (Nettleton), wants to continue to take her to new doctors, although she knows that treatment is futile. Her father, Eugene (Harris), thinks she should be at their lake house, living in denial of her condition. It is only through her friendship with her 9-year-old neighbor, Philip (Savage), that Deirdre is able to honestly face the reality of death.

Echoes of a Summer was released in limited theatres in Canada in April 1976. Although mostly dismissed by the critics and audiences at the time of its release, the film was notable for an acclaimed performance by Foster, who also had her breakthrough that year with four prominent releases, including Taxi Driver.